Door-holding device for automobiles



E. A. BOYER.

DOOR HOLDING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 19,1919.

1,348,260, Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND A. BOYER, OF PRINCETON JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY.

DOOR-HOLDING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920;

Application filed July 19, 1919. Serial No.. 311,937.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND A. BoYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Princeton Junction, in the county of Mercer and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Holding Devices for Automobiles, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to automobile attachments and particularly tomeans for holding a fore door of an automobile open to permit thecirculation of air in the forward portion of the automobile.

In the majority of automobiles, particularly of the cheaper grades asnow constructed, the occupants of the front seat are rendered veryuncomfortable, particularly in the summer time, by the heat from theengine, and the only way to relieve this discomfort is by opening thefore doors and permitting the heat to escape and the air to circulate.

At the present time on the cheaper grades of cars, no means is providedfor holding open the fore doors, and the general object of my inventionis to provide a very simple and cheap attachment which may be easily putin place or as easily removed, whereby tht front doors may be held opento permit the circulation of the cool air in the forward portion of thecar.

A further object is to provide a device of this character so constructedthat when not in'use, it may be swung to the right under the steeringwheel and out of the way, and thus does not in any way impede the actionor use of the steering or control mechanism.

A further object is to provide a device of this character with meanswhereby it may be engaged with the handle of the door and with a sidewall of the car, or swung out of the way when not in use.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a perspective view showing my device in applied position andholding the fore door of an automobile open;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the angular supporting bracket;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of the pivotal end of the arm2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the clip on the free end of the arm.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that my device comprises anangular bracket, designated 10, made of sheet metal, and provided withscrew holes whereby it may be attached to the corner of the side wall ofthe car. This bracket is provided at the junction of its two leaves withoutwardly projecting ears 11, perforated for the passage of a pintle.The arm 12 is to be made of wood or any other suitable material, andattached to the face of this arm at one end is the angular strip 13which extends around upon the end of the arm and is bent to form a bead14 to receive the pintle 15. The free end of the arm is formed with aspring clip which may be readily formed from the strip of metal,preferably slightly resilient, and bent to form a base 16, thenoutwardly extended away from the face of the arm, then longitudinallyextended, as at 17, and inwardly extended beyond the end of the arm.This clip is slightly resilient and may be made to embrace or engagewith the ordinary handle commonly found on the fore doors ofautomobiles. The leaves of the bracket 10, as before remarked, areprovided with screw holes whereby it may be attached to any certain typeof machine. One leaf is provided with a relatively large single screwhole and the other with two relatively smaller screw holes. The leaf ais adapted to be placed beneath the corner bracket and fastened by ascrew 18 which is commonly used to hold the corner bracket in place.

When this device is not in operation, it may be swung inward to theright under the steering wheel clear of all the operating devices, or byremoving the pintle the arm can be removed entirely, leaving only thesupporting bracket which will, of course, not be in the way. When thedevice is in use, it is swung outward on its hinge and engaged over thehandle of the automobile door. In view of the fact that this clip isresilient, it is adjustable to various style handles and is entirelyflexible. While this device is made especially for the Chevrolet type,it can be applied on almost any make of car whose doors open from thefront and have a latch. The device is very simple, can be easily made,is thoroughly practical, and may be readily removed when it is not desired to be used.

I claim A door holding attachment for automobiles comprising an angularbracket having ears adapted to be applied to the corner of the side Wallof the automobile door opening,

an arm, a connecting member comprising a stripof metal secured to theside of one end portion of the arm and extending partially over the endof the arm, the end portion of said strip being beaded to provide asocket, said socket extending over the other portion of said end, apintle fordetachably pivoting said bead between the ears of the bracket,and expansible means carried by the other end of said arm for connectingsaid arm to a 15 partially opened door to prevent movement of said doorin either direction.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

REBA E. COOK, WILLIAM L. SLAYBACK.

